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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1906
Page
6
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President Roosevelt signals a general revision only when benefits outweigh costs, pleasing stand-pat Republicans who seek inaction until protected monopolies relent. Massachusetts Republicans insist on immediate Dingley tariff revisions, while Democrats concur. The piece argues a Democratic victory is needed to enact real change.
The Isthmian Canal Commission proceeds with hiring Chinese laborers for the Panama dig project. Contracts call for 2000 workers monthly for two years, with 10 hours per day and overtime pay, arguing the plan avoids conflict with U S labor rules and improves conditions for workers who will return home after their terms. It views the effort as philanthropic, providing better living and health conditions than in their homelands.
The Washington government faces calls for explanation after the killing of Japanese poachers on Pribiloff preserves. The speaker argues no abasement is needed, citing established facts and noting Mr. Sims of the Department of Commerce and Labor.
Washington reports detail two incidents near St. Paul rookeries where naval guards fired on Japanese boaters suspected of poaching. Two Japanese were killed in the first incident and two in the second as boats fled. The piece warns such actions risk provoking war with Britain and Japan and urges U S redress to avoid discredit.
Washington debates intervention in Cuba amid Palma conflict with talk of naval action and troops while a cautious line warns against entangling the nation. The column also escorts a parade of local notes from Swampscott to Boston, including police chief vacations, society girl Anna Woodard, and a feature on Mt. Bellingham Church construction and campus scholarships.
Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt sons of the President arrive in Chicago for a day of sightseeing before continuing to South Dakota for a hunting and fishing expedition. They travel with Theodore Jr. friends and are hosted at luncheon by Henry C. Moth before an automobile tour of city parks.
A heavy quake震震 struck Quito causing residents to flee in alarm but no injuries or damage reported. Ecuadorian towns mobilize nationwide relief efforts with an initial remittance of 10000 dollars broadcast by cable.
The Democratic State committee voted to hold the state convention in Concord on Sept 25. The second district congressional convention will be in Concord on Sept 25 and the first district convention in Manchester the next day.
John Morgan was arrested by U S inspectors on a charge of fraudulently obtaining a certificate of citizenship on June 20, 1904 and forging the document. He pleaded not guilty and is held on $2000 bail with a hearing set for Sept 5.
A verse follows a man who avoided many acts yet is teased for his behavior on a ship and a Cork boy called an Orangeman. It ends noting a woman’s glance drew small smiles as others imagined his desire to comfort her.
Stealthy Steve the Six-Eyed Sleuth seizes control of the Isabel to thwart a parrot’s warnings as an overboard scare prompts a grim voyage. He blinds the pilot and binds him, then confronts the ship’s crew while a looming disaster tests his nerve. The parrot’s cries and a later engine crisis heighten peril at sea.
A young man, 20, with $20 weekly earnings and a growing bank balance asks which girl to choose across 14 women he loves. He notes a 14 year old she loves and asks if pursuing a romance with a minor is appropriate while considering marriage options and future prospects. He seeks guidance on timing and propriety.
A letter urges the young man to wait several years before marrying, arguing love and reflection trump age. It warns that by five or six years the partner will mature, the man will be more established, and wealth will aid a stable union, stressing love as the true motive in marriage.
Collings, at a summer hotel, obsesses over a woman with auburn hair as he recalls Dorothy G. Leland and her friend Helen R. Brooke. He overhears a maiden singing of Douglass and Dolly, then sees the two girls unexpectedly reveal themselves at the veranda’s edge in a sudden light.
The Boston Post invites readers to submit concepts for a series of dilemma pictures to entertain summer audiences. Send ideas to the Dilemma Picture Editor at the newspaper.
Miss Ellen Mason hosted a large Newport afternoon at her country home in honor of her niece Miss Margaret Winthrop. The event celebrated Miss Winthrop's engagement to Mr. J. Grant Forbes as guests from Boston society attended and the Saxonia voyage group departed for England.
The Mt Washington hotel hosts guests including Mr and Mrs Eugene V R Thayer Jr and others registering for August. Mr John Oakes Shaw yachts at the Alert cruising eastward. Lenox sees Miss Gretchen Hoyt and Miss Rosamond Dixey hosting at Tanglewood while Francis Jaques and Batcheller return from Europe to Horne Farm and New York respectively. Cora Countess of Strafford among arrivals aboard Minnehaha.
Washington notes that Congress approved 879,589,185.16 dollars for the 1907 fiscal year an increase of 59,404,550.20 over 1906. The Post Office Department receives 191,695,998.75 dollars the largest item followed by pensions at 45,500 nearly double the army's funding and with navy support also rising.
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